Specifications

Specifications include,
but are not limited to: The City of Austin
seeks proposals from qualified and experienced
medical reference laboratories to provide
laboratory services for patients and employees
served by various City departments. Currently,
there are two types of City programs that
utilize reference laboratory services: Clinical:
Clients (members of the public) who receive
services at the Health and Human Services
Departments (HHSD) Public Health Clinics. These
clinics provide a variety of health services
including testing, evaluation, counseling,
referral and follow-up medical services. The
Public Health Clinics include the Sexually
Transmitted Disease (STD) Clinic, the
Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic and the Refugee Health
Clinic. Employee Health: Employees of the City
of Austin who require baseline screenings for
employment or workers compensation purposes or
who are at risk from exposure to blood or other
bodily fluids. Employees of the City of Austin
Police Department who require lead level
monitoring, preventive screening laboratory
testing and those who are at risk from exposures
to blood-borne pathogens. The Austin Police
Department (APD) typically sends all of their
employees to the Contractors labs for testing.
The Austin Fire Department (AFD) and the
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services
Departments (EMS) Wellness Center will perform
some of their own testing services but will also
send employees to the Contractors labs.